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“A child is a whole village’s responsibility”
Monday, September 3rd, 2007
I can’t remember who said it, but there used to be a belief that a child was the whole community’s reponsibility.
Unfortunately today, with children/teenagers running riot, with little respect for olders, most people are too scared to step in when they’re not their own, in case they themselves get into trouble.
I get nervous stepping outside […]
There is no such thing as society
Monday, February 26th, 2007This is an excerpt from an article on the BBC web site:
“There is no such thing as society,” said Margaret Thatcher, which has since been interpreted by critics as the zenith of the every man for himself attitude.
But the then prime minister also went on to say: “There are individual men and women, and there […]